Employer gets new defamation trial

A Fairfax Circuit judge has ordered a new trial in a defamation case based on statements about an ex-employee's "conflicts with co-workers," "work style" and departure "for another job that was more flexible."
Although relatively innocuous, these alleged assessments by the former employer, N.E.W. Customer Services Companies, purportedly kept ex-employee Kristen Butler from obtaining a high-level ...